As early as 2 ½ yo, I entered my daughter to
pre-school. I thought that in this way,
she will learn how to socialize and mingle with people while learning at an early
age as well. She did display
intellectual skills. You can see that
she can easily absorb all the lessons in school. She also speaks straight English (if not
fluent). She can also express herself
well. However, in spite of all this, she
is very and I mean VERY shy to people she do not know very well. Sometimes even to us she gets shy at
times.
This is my problem. I
even went to the point of bribing her just to perform with her classmates on
stage in one of the school programs in her school. Imagine, with all the costumes
and lots of practices before the said dates.
Just to see my daughter STAND STILL on stage!!! Heavens!
Last December 2012, a woman in the mall approached us. She asked me if I am interested to audition
my daughter to a commercial. I said, I
will think about it. However, during
days of thinking, I finally dropped by their office. After she was VTR, the girl told me they will
contact me. Few days passed, I received
a phone call. The girl on the other line
told me that my daughter is pretty but shy.
She can hardly talk in front of a camera. She needs to build her
confidence which I did not argue because it is true. She suggested that it will be best if my
daughter will undergo a workshop.
My husband is against it.
He thinks that it is just their way of making money. He has a point but it is also A FACT THAT MY
DAUGHTER NEEDS HELP. I was able to persuade
my husband to enroll my daughter to a workshop.
The workshop is NOT CHEAP. During
the first day, my daughter can hardly enter the classroom. After reassuring her that I will not leave,
she finally agrees to enter.
The workshop includes singing, dancing, acting and modeling. This is a once a week (2.5 hrs per session) that lasted for 3
months. In between those 3 months
period, I also encourage my daughter to do some VTRs for other modeling agencies
and some modeling contest. The process
was tedious not to mention expensive.
Within the 3 months period, I can see BIG IMPROVEMENTS in
her! She now talks to other kids without
hesitation. Can now act, sing and dance
in front of so many people. It’s been 1
month now since she graduated from her workshop but the LESSONS she learned
during the process is PRICELESS.
From a shy little girl, my daughter is now a CONFIDENT KID.
